Book1:TeDream-Maker
lemnlyashoreandbowedlowinobeisaoldDimitrithatingratitudeforhisheroicact,allthetribesofthatdistricthadagreedtouogetherunderonekingdom,withhimastheirking.Underhisreigntheywouldbuildanidealkingdomfromthebarrenmountainsandaridwilderness. RomiandDimitriwokefromthesamedream,ahoughtswerestillinthatwildaherealdomain.Thelong-tailedbirdwithmagnifitfeathersperchedontheembragtree,gotholdofthestouttwigthatshottowardsthesky.Itflewupanddowiwigwithitssaliva,likeasilkwormspinningaco,creatihemostexpeiicsoftheEast.DimitrirefreshedhimselfwiththedeliciousjuicesfromtheFountainofLife.SunbeamsshohroughRomi’swebofbrownhair,whichswayedinthesunshine.Likethematingoftwoclouds,allhappeurallyandhadadreamlikequality.Theywerelikeapairoffish,swayingrhythmicallywiththesoftmotionsofthewater,orliketwohungry,ferociousanimals,snarlingandfightingtodevoureachotherinhandtohandbat.Sooillhathadexistedintheforestformillionsofyearsreturned,whereeventheslightestrustleofafalliougthegroundwouldsurprisetheoldandsileh.RomiofferedDimitriherwetpetal-likelipsandsaid, "ThedreambroughthometomethemeaningofFate,justasmakinglovewithyougavemeadeeperuandingofhowtousemyfleshbody.Iamtiredofalltheothermenintheworldexceptyou.Yht.Wemustlearntouseourthoughtasthereintoharnessandtrolourfleshbodythatislikeawildhorse.Ifwemaneuverourfleshbodywell,Fate,whichisbutashadowofourfleshbody,alsobetrolled.”Dimitrinoddedinagreement,buthewasnotasoptimistic.Whileheagreedthattheretionofthefleshbodyandthoughtwaslikethatofawildhorseandthereiherthoug